Benjamin Verhoeven (born 1990, Belgium) is a visual artist based in Brussels.
In 2013, he obtained his Master of Fine Arts from KASK & Conservatorium - School of Arts Ghent and has been a laureate at the Higher Institute for Fine Arts (HISK) since 2015. He currently teaches as a visiting lecturer at KASK & Conservatorium - School of Arts Ghent.
Verhoeven's practice focuses on the image as a medium and its modes of (re)production, using audiovisual apparatuses as primary tools. His work isolates image-making processes by slowing them down and dissecting the technical operations through which images are produced.
In the ongoing project Scanning Cinema, he scans moving images and reintegrates them into stop-motion video works, using a flatbed scanner to re-register montage, camera movement and narration into what he refers to as a “Scanned Reality.”
Verhoeven has participated in various national and international exhibitions, including at KANAL, Mu.ZEE, Extra City and Cinematek (Belgium), the University Art Gallery Irvine (USA), the 6th Moscow Biennale (Russia) and Bienalsur (Argentina).
His video work has been presented at film festivals such as Experiments in Cinema (USA), Traverse Vidéo (France), Stuttgarter Filmwinter (Germany), the European Media Art Festival (Germany), Videoformes (France) and Limited Access Festival (Iran).
Since 2021, Verhoeven has been developing a joint artistic practice with Amine Lahrach (1995, Morocco), working between Brussels and Marrakesh. Coming from different cultural and geographical contexts, they use the camera as a shared tool for dialogue and exchange.
Their collaborative work addresses questions of identity, cultural transmission, intercultural imagery and revolves around the notion of l’image commun, an image without singular authorship or fixed identity, capable of existing in multiple places simultaneously.
Their collaborations have been presented at Lichtekooi Artspace and Kunsthal Extra City (Belgium), as well as at the 1-54 Art Fair and Malhoun Artspace (Morocco).
Education
2015
*Laureate at HISK, Higher Institute for Fine Arts, Ghent
2013
*Master Fine Arts at KASK, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Ghent
2011
*Bachelor Image & Installation, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Ghent
Residencies
2020
*Le 18
Morocco, Marrakech
2019
*KOMPLOT
Belgium, Brussels
2016
*Penthouse residency
Belgium, Brussels
*Cité Internationale des arts
France, Paris
2015
*Pilotenkueche
Germany, Leipzig
Solo / Duo Exhibitions
2025
*Morocco, Marrakech
‘When the Sea is Gone’
Together with Amine Lahrach
Riad Alena
2024
*Belgium, Antwerp
Together with Amine Lahrach
Lichtekooi Artspace
2022
*The Netherlands, Breda
'Scanned Movements'
Projektor - MEZZ
2019
*Belgium, Brussels
‘Benjamin Verhoeven & Susannah Stark’
Château Nour, KOMPLOT
*Belgium, Brussels
‘50.000 SCANS’
Atelier Arthur Rogiers
2018
*Croatia, Zagreb
‘Un homme qui marche (sans tête)’
Spot Galery – Office for photography
2017
*Belgium, Brussels
‘Benjamin Verhoeven: A New Dimension of the Perspective’
Secret Room, Hotel BLOOM!
2016
*Belgium, Ghent
‘DIVISI: Ella Littwitz & Benjamin verhoeven’
Bijloke muziekcentrum
2015
*Belgium, Ghent
‘Penultimate Shots’ Curated by Sam Sterckx
Het Paviljoen
*Belgium, Ostend
'Enter'
Mu.ZEE
2014
*Belgium, Wevelgem
'Somebody was trying to kill somebody else'
Windowproject, stART (Fotorama)
2013
*The Netherlands, ‘s Hertogenbosch
‘BYTS-Revisited’
MEET.S Gallery
2012
*Belgium, Brussels
'Katrin Kamrau & Benjamin Verhoeven'
Hopstreet Gallery
Group Exhibitions
2025
*Belgium, Antwerp
'The Image Generator'
Together with Amine Lahrach
Kunsthal Extra City
2023
*Morocco, Marrakesh
‘La Promesse de l’ Empreinte’
Together with Amine Lahrach
Malhoun Artspace
2022
*Germany, Kassel
‘A door to the sky or a Plea for Rain’
Together with Amine Lahrach and Le18
DOCUMENTA 15
*Belgium, Ghent
‘With the Lights out’
Geeraard de Duivelsteen
2021
*Argentina, Buenos Aires
‘The divine Anomaly’ Curated by Anthoniy Val
BIENALSUR, Museo Casa de Yrurtia
*U.S.A., Los Angeles
‘Scissor Valley People (Birds of a feather flock Together)’
As part of the solo show by Michiel Ceulers
Nicodim Gallery
2020
*U.S.A., New York
‘Hope there’s someone (to touch)’ Online Exhibition
Curated by Catinca Tabacaru & Rachel Monosov
Catinca Tabacaru Gallery
*Belgium, Ostend
‘Blow-Up!’ Curated by Ilse Roosens
Mu.ZEE
*Belgium, Bruges
‘Objets trouvés, Verloren voorwerpen’ Curated by Bert Puype
Various locations in Bruges
*Belgium, Brussels
‘The wilderness hidden Underneath’ Curated by Maarten Vanermen
Pilar - VUB
2019
*Belgium, Brussels
‘The Hisk-connection’ curated by Antony Hudek
KANAL - Centre Pompidou
*Belgium, Namur
‘Noli Me Tangere’ Curated by Tania Nasielski
Centre Culturel de Namur
2018
*Germany, Berlin
‘Kontrollillusion’ Curated by Tamara Lorenz
Deutscher Künstlerbund
*Belgium, Antwerp
‘///’
Tique Art Space
*Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
‘Videoarte agora Videoarte’ Curated by Anna Bella Geiger
A gentil Carioca
*Belgium, Roeselare
‘Time Can Tell’
De Directeurswoning
*Belgium, Antwerp
‘20 Years NICC’
NICC
*Belgium, Waregem
‘Metaphora’
Zaal 29
2017
*Belgium, Deurle
‘Tuinfeest/veiling’
Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens
2016
*Belgium, Antwerp
‘Ten Slotte’
Het Bos
*Belgium, Ghent
‘Etcetera IV’
S.M.A.K.
*The Netherlands, Haarlem
‘It Hits the Fan’
Noord-Hollands Archief
*Belgium, Brussels
‘In Praise of Waves’
Workspace Brussels
*USA, New York
‘Fragmented Time’
Catinca Tabacaru Gallery
*Greece, Athens
'Chez-eux: Unseen Collections' Curated by Stamatia Dimitrakopoulos
*Germany, Bredelar
'Sculptuur Bredelar: Hybrid Modus' Curated by Bas Hendrikx and Ursula Ströbele
Bredelar Monestary
*Belgium, Brussels
'Seeing In the Dark' Curated by Anouk De Clercq
Cinematek
*Belgium, Brussels
'Do You Speak Synergy' Curated by Denis Maksimov and Harlan Levey
Harlan Levey Projects
2015
*Belgium, Brussels
'Working Title Situation #3'
Workspace Brussels, Beursschouwburg
*Belgium, Ghent
'It takes two to make an accident - HISK Final Show' curated by Selen Ansen
HISK
*Russia, Moscow
'And no matter that the phone is ringing'
CCI Fabrika, Moscow Biennale, Special Program
*Belgium, Kortrijk
'The Gathering of Characters and Forms: Final Chapter'
DASH, Hopstreet Gallery
*Belgium, Ghent
'The Governor's Mansion'
Gouverneurswoning Gent
*The Netherlands, Rotterdam
'The Gathering of Characters and Forms: Chapter II'
Intersections, Art Rotterdam
*USA, California, Irvine
'Paradox in Language' Curated by Allyson Unzicker
University Art Gallery
*Belgium, Ghent
'Verf na Van Eyck'
Croxhapox
2014
*Belgium, Ghent
'Time is what happens when nothing else does' Curated by Dries Douibi
Het Paviljoen
*Belgium, Brussels
'Artspace XL' Curated by Sven Vanderstichelen
Quincaillery - Vander Eycken
*Belgium, Kortrijk
‘The gathering of characters and forms: Chapter I’ Curated by Joachim Coucke
DASH
*Belgium, Mariakerke
‘Sara van Woerden + Benjamin Verhoeven' Curated by Marianne Stevens
CJK
*Belgium, Ghent
‘The image of the place I was looking for’ Curated by EXEMPLAR
2013
*Belgium, Ghent
‘Het Plateau Effect’ Curated by Edwin Carels
Zebrastraat/ Filmfest Gent
*Belgium, Ghent
‘La vie: mode d’emploi’ Curated by Wim Waelput
KASK - School of arts
2011
*Belgium, Ghent
‘IKG meets KASK’ Curated by Noël de Buck
Zwarte Zaal, KASK - School of Arts
*The Netherlands, ‘s Hertogenbosch
‘Bosch Young Talent Show (BYTS)’
Stedelijk Museum
Screenings
'Somebody was trying to kill somebody else'
2021
*Portugal, Porto
‘Cinema & Photgraphy’
Fundaçào de Serralves
2019
*The Netherlands, Rotterdam
‘Transition of Technology: Moving the Image’
Goethe-Institut Rotterdam
2017
*Spain, Barcelona
‘loop/ Discovery Award’
Selected for the 1st round / online screening
*Belgium, Ghent
‘Op den Boorden van Den Kamera’
OFFoff-cinema
*U.S.A., Los-Angeles
‘Festival of (In)Appropriation’
*Belgium, Ghent
‘B.A.D. Art Fair’
2016
*Belgium, Antwerp
‘Antwerp Art Weekend’
*France, Clermont-Ferrand
'Videoformes'
2014
*Iran, Teheran
'Limited Acces Festival' program curated by Nima Bahremand
‘Sculptural Movement: Chapter I & II’
2019
*Belgium, Antwerp
‘HISK @ Tick-Tack’ curated by Daniëla Geo
Tick-Tack
2017
*Mexico, Mexico City
‘SAMPLE’ Curated by Humberto Moro III
Zona Maco
2016
*Germany, Berlin
‘Ikono-tv/ Program: Aesthetics of Power’ Program curated by Denis Maksimov
*Spain, Barcelona
‘loop/ Discovery Award’
Selected for the 1st round / online screening
‘50.000 SCANS’
2019
*Belgium, Antwerp
‘Antwerp Art Weekend’
Escautville
*U.S.A., Albuquerque
‘Experiments in Cinema’
*France, Toulouse
‘Rencontres Traverse Vidéo’
Prép’Art
*Germany, Stuttgart
‘Stuttgarter Filmwinter’
Kunstbezirk
2018
*Belgium, Ghent
‘Kaskkrakers’
KASKcinema
*Germany, Osnabrück
‘EMAF’ European Media Arts Festival
2017
*Belgium, Antwerp
‘Ten Slotte 2’
Het Bos
Publications
2020
*ABSoluut magazine #20
De passerende tijd van Benjamin Verhoeven
p.67
2019
*The Art couch, #3
De Connectie
p.98
2016
*Do You Speak Synergy? Denis Maksimov and Harlan Levey
Harlan Levey Projects (2016)
2015
*'The Institute' Oscar van den Boogaard a.o
Lannoo (2015)
2014
*H Art magazine/123
Artist page
Collections
-Collection Mu.ZEE, Ostend (BE)
-Collection Hogeschool Gent (BE)
-Private Collections
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